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Poster: deadhead53 Date: Oct 19, 2010 11:37am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: The 'sharing' component...

Although I don't post that much, I love many of the threads here. I guess after Garcia's death I listened so much that I think I burned out on them. Then I got married and lost contact with I guy I traded with from Alabama (he always had great sbd's.) My kids cam and then in 07-08, I found this. It has reawakened me to the GD plus I worl with a buddy who is an avid head and it has rekindled a love and aprreciation for the dead. I bought a storage unit and away I went. I share now with my buddy at work and my high school friend in Philly, but mostly it is just for me. My wife likes but not obsesses and my kids like them now, they groove with dinner and such. So thanks to the lia and Charlie Miller, my gd is back on and on some levels worse then when the band was intact. Anyone catching the Black Crowes Sat nite in beantown see you then.......

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Poster: fenario80 Date: Oct 19, 2010 12:10pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: The 'sharing' component...

I wasn't even thinking about that part of it, but I guess like a lot of us I have been in and out over the years. I was disillusioned after seeing my final couple of shows in 89 and stayed away after that, also spent a lot of time listening to a lot of other music along with my GD, but still always kept up with the Dick's Picks and other releases, and saw the JGB whenever possible.

When Jerry died, it lit a fire that had me listening to only him for about six months, than another burnout until whenever I discovered this place, maybe 3-4 years ago (and I have no idea how accurate that 3-4 years is; I am unstuck in time).

The ipod has drastically changed my listening habits, though: maybe only once a week I listen to a show all the way through. Usually I just have the thing on random and it all gets mixed up together - about 50% Dead & Jerry, 25% Dylan and 25% various (and I do mean various!).

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Poster: unclejohn52 Date: Oct 19, 2010 2:39pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: The 'sharing' component...

WT - I've been thinking about your post most of the day, and watching the responses trickle in. Great post. Our community is amazing. Thanks to all for sharing...

Like most everyone here, I've been in and out on the GD. Unlike many here though, I never knew about the taping community, and lost track of my college friend, so I had no one to discuss the band with. Luckily, I got my brother hooked back in the 70s, but he doesn't have the passion that I find here.

I could never just let the iPod play randomly like Fenario, but the iPod did change my listening habits. I discovered a few podcasts on iTunes, which are cool. I listen to Shakedown Stream (JerBear on WMVY Radio) - he will give you a complete show every week, and I listen to Dead air with Uncle John (WESU). These guys may not be as expert as LiA for example, but I've learned and enjoyed a lot, and they don't discriminate on eras, much as I might prefer they did. Listening to a podcast (with noise-deadening phones) is a great way to pass the commute on the subway, and I hear a great variety, some stuff I've never heard. I've been listening to the Dead now every day for over two years. My dear wife just puts up with it all - the extra book marks and scrolling through it all on iTunes.

Now I've picked up the guitar again (after 25 years, and I was never that good to begin with) and slowly learning to play some of this great music. I'm interested to know how many out there play and sing this music. I can't learn it fast enough, my hands won't keep up with my need to play it.

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Poster: William Tell Date: Oct 19, 2010 6:49pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: The 'sharing' component...

Hey UJ--as micah above notes, there are a good number that give it a try...I don't think there are many that are "real" musical sorts (ie, band members, former band members). From the many threads that have touched on it, I've gathered that a significant number can strum a guitar around a beach fire with the right group of folks, like you, it sounds like.

I am one of the few Forumites that is absolutely tonedeaf...I can't even hum a tune. Strangely, I can still sing falsetto harmonies if someone else in the car carries the tune (discovered this strange ability with the DEAD cover band I worked for--roadie only--after doing so when drinking, etc....the band members were impressed, but could never do it under pressure, and I have a low, booming speaking voice normally, so go figure). Some of my fondest memories the past forty years are singing tunes off AmBea/Work/Dylan with a car load of people after some serious inhibition reduction exercises, if you take my meaning...

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Poster: ringolevio Date: Oct 20, 2010 4:59am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: The 'sharing' component...

I am about to move my parents' piano (actually, it's technically mine, though it's been in their house for 40 years) to my own house and it has crossed my mind to see if I can find Dead sheet music for piano. Does it exist, anyone know? I dutifully took lessons for about a century when I was little, but I pretty much stink.

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Poster: Edsel Date: Oct 20, 2010 5:49am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: The 'sharing' component...

Seems like the earlier versions of the songbooks had piano included, but the new ones don't.
There is still this:

http://www.amazon.com/Grateful-Dead-Vol-Authentic-Guitar-Tab/dp/0769207391/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287578749&sr=1-6